<p>What is the easiest major at NYU to get A's? Psychology, Political Science, Economics..?</p>
<p>Not sure if trolling or serious.</p>
<p>same sentiments as the one above
econ is one of the hardest social sciences if not the hardest imo…lmao</p>
<p>First, start at LSP. Then transfer to CAS. Stay away from Econ.</p>
<p>No. I am not trolling. I threw economics in that sentence because at many other universities, economics is easier.</p>
<p>So do you guys have any real answers? I understand it’s all relative (the things that are easy are what you like) but in general, what majors would you consider on the easier side at NYU?</p>
<p>I was thinking Political Science but what do you think? And also, I am not considering LSP.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies.</p>
<p>This thread is ridiculous. You should be picking your major out of interest, not easiness If you’re looking for easy you probably shouldn’t be applying to NYU anyways.</p>
<p>i mean id say for general people…maybe philosphy or poly sci are easiest majors
u can always do gallatin and just get a degree in individualized study or some crap
but what eljamas says is right</p>
<p>Thanks Woopthack. Anyone else?</p>
<p>Eljamas: it is just out of curiosity.</p>
<p>(1) Political science at NYU uses the same game theory principles as Economics, while not difficult, there are some people who do not like math and therefore don’t enjoy it. If you’re not actually interested in Politics, you won’t do well in the subject – especially when get into things like multivariate graphical analysis; probabilistic game trees; etc. </p>
<p>(2) Philosophy at NYU is certainly not more easy than other majors. We may have a lower work load than other majors, but if one does not have a philosophy brain, they won’t do well in the subject. We have the best philosophy department in the world, which means that the professors certainly do not appreciate mediocre work – again, if you’re not interested in philosophy, and aren’t a philosophy-minded person, you won’t do well in the subject. For example, there are some people who are excellent at biology and then there are those who simply cannot understand it; the same goes for philosophy; some people simply cannot understand some of the implication/differences or nuances of some of the more complex philosophy, such as mind or metaphysics.</p>
<p>And, if you are not very proficient in english writing, grammar and syntax you will not receive good grades on your philosophy papers – Philosophers sometimes refer to themselves as ‘grammaticists’; which means when you write a paper, you have to write exactly what you mean to say - nothing more or nothing less. Philosophical writing is not particularly easy – nor is reading philosophy, as often philosophical papers are very dense and it’s quite easy to miss or skip over some very important nuances if one does not do very careful readings. </p>
<p>(3) Psychology, especially classes like cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics and possibly personality, are not classes you can get an easy A in. LOL. </p>
<p>Lastly, if you’re looking for which major is ‘easiest’, you shouldn’t be applying to NYU. On a whole, NYU is not an easy school such that without effort, one can get all A’s. Secondly, why would you study something because it’s ‘easy’? What does that accomplish? Why would you pay money to learn something you find ‘easy’ and don’t necessarily have an interested in?</p>
<p>It seems you guys act like it is absolutely absurd to go for the easy classes so let me clear some things up. </p>
<p>I am a high school senior who has already been accepted to NYU with almost full tuition scholarship. My interests are broad rather than specific: I don’t hate one subject more than any other nor do I really like one subject more than the other. However my goal is to become a lawyer or a doctor and picking the easier major will translate to a higher GPA (not to mention a more relaxed four years) which will translate to better law/med school. You guys seem well informed, so I am sure you know that Med/Law schools focus on GPA regardless of the major. I am not a slacker by any means but I do conduct things in a smart way, and this is one of those things. </p>
<p>“not easiness If you’re looking for easy you probably shouldn’t be applying to NYU anyways.”</p>
<p>“Lastly, if you’re looking for which major is ‘easiest’, you shouldn’t be applying to NYU.”</p>
<p>My other option is UC San Diego and honestly, I believe NYU is easier. </p>
<p>Thanks for the long reply though NYU2013.</p>
<p>Take classes you’re interested in – don’t worry about how easy they are. If a law school can tell you took easy classes to boost your GPA, they won’t be impressed with your transcript. </p>
<p>Secondly, I wouldn’t say NYU is easier than UCSD – UCSD has a lower GPA, on average, but that doesn’t mean that NYU is easier. It could mean that people at NYU, on average, perform better; it could mean that they are equally as difficult (in terms of competition for grades among peers), but UCSD assigns lower grades on average. Remember, the caliber of student at NYU is somewhat higher than UCSD, based on raw stats. (UCSD is roughly averaged 1710-2080 versus NYU’s 1900-2190)</p>
<p>Remember, the context of your GPA also matters to law schools, not just your raw GPA. </p>
<p>Having gone to NYU, the law school application process, internships, etc. – major in something YOU want to study, not something that’s ‘easy’, otherwise you’re wasting four years of your life. </p>
<p>So long as you have a good LSAT score, a decent GPA (3.3+), and good internships and experiences, you can get into some very excellent law schools (T-14 or equivalent).</p>
<p>Thanks again for the reply NYU2013!</p>
<p>I definitely understand where you are coming from in saying to major in what interests you the most. The thing is, I do not have any shining interests in one subject but I am diverse enough in the subjects so that I believe I can hold my own in most of them (SAT: 750 M, 730 WR, 680 R). For me, my main interest is getting the high GPA, Test Scores, and EC’s so that I can get into the best law/med school I can. I will already be taking the Pre-Med requisites for medical school so that just makes it all the more important to be in an easier major. By easier major, I am not saying a completely non-traditional major that is a joke, but just the traditional easy majors.</p>
<p>With regards to Law School, I was under the impression that Law Schools will not look down on you for your major and that GPA and LSAT reign supreme in the numbers based admissions process. I would believe that if anything, Law Schools would give only a slight boost to those majoring in harder fields such as engineering. Is this not the case?</p>
<p>I did not want to offend anyone by asking for the “easier” major at NYU but I hope you know where I am coming from.</p>
<p>Also, about UCSD: Honestly, my assumption is based on heresy. I won’t deny it. I have siblings and friends who are going/went to the UC system and it seems like it is much much more competitive their than in private schools. I know NYU has a higher SAT score average than UCSD but UCSD has a higher incoming GPA average which I think is a better indicator of the competition to come. A lot of the time, from what I have seen in my high school is that the top of the people in the class breaking the curves who have high GPA’s aren’t that great at the SAT.</p>
<p>Of course, I do not know for sure, and cannot know unless I go to both schools and see but this is what I think. Feel free to give me your view on this though.</p>
<p>It’s scary that a possible future doctor is looking for easy As and minimum effort.</p>
<p>It’s also scary that a possible future doctor doesn’t know the difference between heresy and hearsay.</p>
<p>If this thought is scary, then you might want to avoid going to the doctors since the most common major accepted to medical school is English/History.</p>
<p>I appreciate the correction though, saman42.</p>
<p>They will not look down on you for your major, so long as it appears you actually have an interest in your major – if you take a bunch of easy classes, they’ll probably know you’re intentionally taking easy classes. </p>
<p>Yes, it’s always good to have a high GPA and LSAT scores, but so long as you have a decent (above 3.3) GPA and a good LSAT score (166+), you stand a chance at T-14 schools. Obviously, having a 3.8 and a 172 significantly increases your chances. </p>
<p>Again, I reiterate though, major in something you like, not necessarily what’s easiest – otherwise it’s a waste of your four years. If you’re going to spend four years only majoring in something ‘easy’ because you want to go to law school, then your undergrad is a waste of time and money – don’t attend and instead apply to law schools in the UK, then come back and get your JD, LLM, or just start working. </p>
<p>Otherwise, pick something you WANT to major in, regardless of whether it’s hard or easy, and ENJOY your time – learn a lot. If you want to major in neuroscience, then major in neuroscience – there aren’t many of those in law school, so they’ll think you’re an interesting applicant, but that isn’t a reason to do neuroscience. Do whatever you want and what you will enjoy.</p>
<p>I mean, it is not like I won’t “enjoy” my time and “learn a lot” in an “easier” major. If anything, in an easier major, I think I’ll enjoy my time even more at NYU, learn a lot more rather than cramming all nighters and come out with a better path to grad school. For me, the only other major that would help me is engineering by giving me the additional option of doing engineering straight out of undergrad, but I have no interest in doing that.</p>
<p>On another note, having gone through the law process NYU2013, would you happen to recommend any books/supplements that I can review over the summer that would let me get a taste of this “Game Theory” technique?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>You mean game theory as is used in economics, politics (at NYU) and some philosophy? </p>
<p>Just read this wikipedia page and click on any blue links that you don’t understand, or would like to look into:
[Game</a> theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory]Game”>Game theory - Wikipedia) </p>
<p>Pay special attention to perfect and imperfect information games, as you’ll probably come across a number of those if you do politics at NYU; as well as things about equilibriums. </p>
<p>Otherwise, you could probably pick up something like… The Logic of American Politics, which will give you a basic introduction to American Politics and some easy game theory. Granted, it’s a very large textbook and relatively expensive. Any game theory you need to know will be taught in class, so you really shouldn’t worry about having to prepare for it. </p>
<p>As far as the LSAT goes, unsurprisingly, philosophy majors tend to be best on the LSAT (usually), along with math majors, due to all of the logic training that both do. If you have a mind for philosophy, I would recommend picking up a philosophy major – if you want to learn about law, political theory, judicial theory, etc. I would recommend picking up a politics major – if you’re interested in how people think and why they think the way they do, I would pick up a psychology major – if you’re interested in how societies function; how they came about; how people function in societies; etc. I would pick up a sociology major. </p>
<p>Personally, I did a philosophy major, politics major, psychology minor and some sex and gender studies, which has more than adequately prepared me for law school, as well as given me quite a nice application.</p>
<p>This is perhaps the most absurd discussion I have ever read on this thread. It’s just even worth commenting further.</p>